I was reading on the forums today and there was some discussion about the ease of a pool with SWG...no dumping bleach every day, great feeling water, etc.
I asked about corrosion issues, and a couple of replies indicated that at least for those people, it was not an issue at all.
Good to hear on the corrosion (or lack thereof). I swear EVERYONE I talked to a few years ago when building a pool said corrosion was a huge issue and how everyone will go to Ozone. I don't think I was being upsold at the time (I think salt would have cost me a bit more than what I paid with ozone generator). Anyone have any idea why that trend started? At this point I'm convinced the ozone generator is doing nothing to help me. I consider my pool a straight chlorine pool. Maybe I'm wrong and it is helping. The whole selling point of it was that I could keep FC levels lower due to the ozone providing sanitation. But when I've tried to keep levels lower than TFP recommendations, I get algae. So.....it isn't helping in a way I was told.
If I converted to SWG, what are approximate costs? Upfront and ongoing maintenance/replacement of parts? Anyone that can give me some rough numbers?
Right now, in hot months I add about 1/2 gallon of bleach per day. At $3 per gallon, that's approx $50 per month for about 6 months of the year....$300 a year for bleach, give or take. If SWG, over time, is not terribly more expensive, I can't imagine not doing it based on what I'm reading on this thread.
What am I missing? I don't want to be "grass always greener". What would be the DOWNSIDE to switching to SWG when my ozone generator breaks (or before then)?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
I asked about corrosion issues, and a couple of replies indicated that at least for those people, it was not an issue at all.
Good to hear on the corrosion (or lack thereof). I swear EVERYONE I talked to a few years ago when building a pool said corrosion was a huge issue and how everyone will go to Ozone. I don't think I was being upsold at the time (I think salt would have cost me a bit more than what I paid with ozone generator). Anyone have any idea why that trend started? At this point I'm convinced the ozone generator is doing nothing to help me. I consider my pool a straight chlorine pool. Maybe I'm wrong and it is helping. The whole selling point of it was that I could keep FC levels lower due to the ozone providing sanitation. But when I've tried to keep levels lower than TFP recommendations, I get algae. So.....it isn't helping in a way I was told.
If I converted to SWG, what are approximate costs? Upfront and ongoing maintenance/replacement of parts? Anyone that can give me some rough numbers?
Right now, in hot months I add about 1/2 gallon of bleach per day. At $3 per gallon, that's approx $50 per month for about 6 months of the year....$300 a year for bleach, give or take. If SWG, over time, is not terribly more expensive, I can't imagine not doing it based on what I'm reading on this thread.
What am I missing? I don't want to be "grass always greener". What would be the DOWNSIDE to switching to SWG when my ozone generator breaks (or before then)?
Thanks in advance for any insight.